Users Guide

• Lists the Dell Management Plug-in configuration settings.
• Starts the initial Configuration Wizard that steps you through the Dell Management Plug-in features necessary
to manage and deploy servers in VMware vCenter.
• Starts the Dell Management Plug-in Administration Console that lets you perform vCenter registration, virtual
appliance management, alert management, and backup/restore of the Dell Management Plug-in database.
Related Tasks:
• General: Set the OMSA URL that displays on the Dell Hosts tab in vCenter. You can also enable or disable
Warranty Expiration Notification.
• Events And Alarms: Enables or disables all hardware alarms (current alert status is displayed on the Alarms tab).
Also configures incoming event and alert filtering.
• HTTP Proxy: Enable or disable HTTP proxy usage during communication with Internet sites.
• Inventory Schedule: Sets vCenter Host Inventory Schedule.
• Warranty Schedule: Sets warranty information retrieval schedule for Dell hosts from Dell Online.
• Deployment Credentials: Sets up credentials to be used for communication with Dell servers during initial
discovery and bare metal server deployment.
• Firmware Repository: Lets you edit where your firmware updates are stored.
• Security: Provides a server white list that limits the servers that are deployed.
General Settings Overview
General settings are used to:
• Define the OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) URL.
• Enable or Disable Warranty Expiration Notification.
The OMSA software can be used to:
NOTE: OMSA software is only required on Dell servers prior to Dell PowerEdge 12th generation servers.
• Manage vCenter elements (detailed sensor, component-level health information).
• Clear command logs and system event logs (SELs).
• Obtain NIC statistics.
• Make sure that the Dell Management Plug-in captures events from a selected host.
Warranty Expiration Notification can be used to:
• Monitor the warranty expiration date.
• Set a minimum number of warranty days left threshold beyond which either a warning or critical alert is
generated. The alert appears as an icon on the host's Dell Server Management tab.
Related Tasks:
• Enabling The OMSA Link
• Enable or Disable Warranty Expiration Notification
Enabling The OMSA Link Outside the Configuration Wizard
To launch OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) within the Dell Management Plug-in virtual appliance, the OMSA
Web Server must be installed and configured. See the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Installation Guide for the
version of OMSA in use for instructions on how to install and configure the Web Server.
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